The act of burping or belching; the expulsion of gas from the stomach through the mouth.
From Latin eructatio, the noun form of eructare. This medical term became standardized in English medical texts by the 1500s.
Medieval doctors were fascinated by eructation because they thought burping indicated what your body was digesting—it was actually one way they diagnosed stomach problems!
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